Cindy White Drivers will be taking a shorter route but will still give supercar enthusiasts plenty to “ooh and aah” over during this year’s Okanagan Dream Rally. This is the 6th edition of the unique charity supercar rally that pairs drivers with children and youth in need as co-pilots. So far, the event, organized by the August Family Foundation, has raised more than $3.
3 million. All proceeds raised this year will be supporting Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon and the KGH Foundation. Two-hundred-fifty luxury automobiles are expected to set out from Water Street near Prospera Place in downtown Kelowna on July 27.
Instead of going all the way down Highway 97 to Penticton, like in past years, they will turn at the last set of lights in Peachland (Princeton Avenue/Beach Avenue) and tour down Beach Avenue. “So, it will be a really, really cool spot for a lot of people to view the rally, as we will be going quite slow through there. Also, a neat place for if you’re a boater or on the water.
Really cool place to pull up and watch all the cars go,” said Matt August, co-founder August Family Foundation and owner of August Luxury Motor Cars. August himself matches the drivers with their young co-pilots. Families of children undergoing health and other challenges can fill out an online application through the Okanagan Dream Rally website.
“I do know a lot of the drivers quite well. If I have a driver that has been in remission with cancer and has a child with cancer in t.